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Monster Hunter Rise Tops the Japanese Charts, Switch Sells 96,259 and PS5 Sells 15,560

Monster Hunter Rise Tops the Japanese Charts, Switch Sells 96,259 and PS5 Sells 15,560 - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 15 April 2021 / 2,404 Views

Monster Hunter Rise (NS) remained in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 194,327 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending April 11, 2021.

Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (NS) is in second place with sales of 21,590 units. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (NS) is in third with sales of 12,920 units. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in fourth with sales of 10,439 units. Ring Fit Adventure (NS) is in fifth with sales of 10,154 units.

The entire top 10 are games for the Nintendo Switch.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 96,259 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 15,560 units, the PlayStation 4 sold 1,430 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 571 units, and the 3DS sold 622 units.

Monster Hunter Rise Tops the Japanese Charts, Switch Sells 96,259 and PS5 Sells 15,560

Here is the complete top 10:

  1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 194,327 (1,774,063)
  2. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 21,590 (642,106)
  3. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 12,920 (2,101,505)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,439 (3,774,112)
  5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 10,154 (2,501,449)
  6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,408 (1,892,400)
  7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,835 (4,236,044)
  8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,406 (6,727,920)
  9. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,783 (3,836,779)
  10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 4,634 (4,023,912)

Here is the hardware breakdown:

    1. Switch – 48,733 (15,679,282)
    2. Switch Lite – 47,526 (3,637,401)
    3. PlayStation 5 – 13,074 (515,009)
    4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,486 (101,517)
    5. PlayStation 4 – 1,430 (7,778,077)
    6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 622 (1,161,498)
    7. Xbox Series X – 287 (31,045)
    8. Xbox Series S – 284 (9,964)

    A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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    2 Comments
    SvenTheTurkey (on 16 April 2021)

    Glad to see an older dev like capcom turning things around. World, rise, the resident evil games. Still would like to see a little more megaman though.

    Monster hunter should hit 2 million in Japan within 2 more weeks. Not too shabby. Could be the first third party game on switch to sell more than 10 million once everything is all said and done. That is unless I'm mistaken.

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    Salnax SvenTheTurkey (on 17 April 2021)

    Y'know, Mega Man 11 did really well. Capcom reports it sold 1.3 million copies, making it the best selling Classic Mega Man game since Mega Man 2.

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